Glazier&#39;s fastening device.



1.13.51 S. PUNT.

GLAZIERS FASTENING DEVlCE.

APPLICATION man Nov. 20, 1915.

1 ,@93@ Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

'entran earns vr cierren JOHANNES PIETER PUNT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND SIMON PUNT, OF ORANGE CITY, IOWA.

GIAZIERS FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.. 12, i216..

Application led November 20, 1915. Serial No. 62,497.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, JOHANNES P. PUNT and SIMON PUNT, subjects of the Queen of Holland, and residents of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, and of Orange City, county of Sioux, and State of Iowa., respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glaziers Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in glaziers fastening devices or points, and has for its object the production of a device of this character which will be adapted for use especially in connection with hot beds or where glass covers or roofs are provided in order to secure the desired temperature.

A further obiect is the production of a device, as mentioned, which will be of simple construction, onewhich may be readily and easily secured in position, and one which will be efficient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter'.

rllhe invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of a hot bed cover equipped with fastening devices embodying the invention, F ig. 2 is a top plan view of one of the fastening devices detached, and Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of a pair of the fastening devices.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawing, comprises an elongated metallic body consisting of two angularly disposed portions l and 2, said portions being' disposed preferably at right angles to each other. The outer corners of the portion l are bent back or laterally and pointed to constitute fastening devices 3, and the portion 1 is provided with a medial opening 4 for the accommodation of additional fastening means which may be employed.

rlfhe body portion 2 is provided at one end with a depending portion 5 and the longitudinal edge 6 of said body portion is beveled from the portion 5 to the juncture of the portions l and 2, at the opposite end of the device, as ,clearly shown in Figs. 2 vand 3,

The device is designed for use especially in connection with a hot bed cover comprising, as shown in the drawings, a plurality of overlapping panes of glass 7 which are arranged between frame bars S having shoulders 9 upon which the lateral edges of said panes 7 are mounted. rIhe fastening devices are used to fasten the panes 7 in position so as to prevent outward movement or downward sliding. To this end the devices are arranged at the inner edges of the frame bars 8, so positioned that the portions 2 thereof rest against the upper sides of said glass panes, and so that the portions-5 of said devices engage with the lower edges of said panes. The devices are secured in position by pressing the points 3 into engagement with the frame bars 8 and may be further fastened in position bv tacks or brads l0 passing through the openings 4. `When thus arranged the fastening' devices will evidently serve as a means of preventing' outward movement of the panes, the portions 5 also serving to prevent downward sliding thereof when the cover is rocked upwardly to an inclined position, as when gaining access to the interior of the hot bed for watering the plants or for any other purpose. lThe securing devices which engage with opposite sides of each pane of glass are of similar construction, or right and left, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 wherein one pair is shown.

In the hot bed cultivation of plants it is customary to cover the hot bed with straw or manure to secure the desired temperature, and when this is done the covering material is spread over the top or cover device of the bed. With the fastening' devices for glass panes in common use at the present time, it has been found that, in raking the straw, manure or other covering material from the top of the bed, the same catches in the fastening devices and which therefore prevent the ready removal of the covering' material. Through the provision of the rearwardly bent portions 3, at the outer corners of the body portion l, and through the beveling of the portion 2 as at 6, all points which might otherwise catch in the covering material, during removal, are obviated permitting therefore of ready removal of the covering material without fear of obstruction. Also, fastening of the devices to the frame bars 8 is such as to permit of the employment of a pair of pliers instead of a hammer in the application. iVhen a pair of pliers is 4used in this connection, the jaws of the same are arranged to span the frame bar 8 to which the fastening device is to be attached and the portion l engaged and pressed by the pliers into operative position. The nails or fastening devices 10 may be subsequently applied in the same manner through the employment of the same tool.

ltlhile we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. idle, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described our invention whatwe claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A fastening device of the class described comprising a body consisting` of two angularly disposed portions; a downwardly bent portion at one end of -one of said body portions; and laterally bent portions at the corners of the other of said body portions for fastening the same in operative position, substantially as described.

2. A fastening device of the class described comprising a body consisting of two angularly disposed portions; a downwardly bent portion at one end of one of said body Copies of this patent may be obtained for portions, the opposite end of said body portion being beveled; and means for fastening the other body portion in operative position, substantially as described.

3. A fastening` device of the class described comprising a body consisting of two angularly disposed portions; a downwardly bent portion at one end of one of said body portions, the opposite end of said body portion being beveled, the outer corners of the other of said body portions being bent back to constitute fastening devices, substantially as described.

et. A fastening device of the class described comprising a body consisting of two angularly disposed portions; a downwardly bent portion at one end of one of said body portions, the outer longitudinal edge of said body portion being beveled from said end thereof to the iuncture of said body portion with the other body portion at the other en d of said body; and means for fastening said body in operative position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHANNES PIETER PUNT. SIMON PUNT. Witnesses as to Johannes P. Punt:

JOSHUA R. H. PoT'rs, HELEN F. LILLIs. lVitnesses as to Simon Punt:

DIRK H. SCHALEKAMP, A. C. KUYPM.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

